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Achieving quality in procurement through automation

by: Jacunski, Walter W.

Publication date: 1990-12-01 00:00:00

Topics: Quality control, Armed Forces, Procurement, Management, Automation, Total quality management., Procurement Quality, Total Quality Management

Publisher: Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School

Collection: navalpostgraduateschoollibrary; fedlink

Language: English

Rights: This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.

Department of Defense has mandated that TQM be implemented in procurement. This research looks at achieving quality in procurement through the use of information systems. In doing so, it defines what quality in procurement means. The armed services; three automated systems: APADE, BCAS, and SAACONS are analyzed to see what tools they provide users to aid them in achieving procurement quality. It gives suggestions on how information systems could better be used to attain procurement quality.